Example sentences of "[conj] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , if the gravitational mass of the proton were significantly different , one would not have had stars in which these nucleides could have been built up , and if the initial expansion of the universe had been slightly smaller or slightly greater , the universe would either have collapsed before such stars could have evolved or would have expanded so rapidly that stars would never have been formed by gravitational condensation . |
| 2 | Where liability for negligence is excluded by a notice , the reasonableness of the exclusion depends on whether it would be fair and reasonable to allow reliance on the notice having regard to the circumstances existing at the time liability arose , or would have arisen . |
| 3 | Anglo-American relations , too , proved less harmonious than Britain expected or would have liked . |
| 4 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 5 | I saw what she was — what she was to me — not what she seemed or would have appeared to be in a photograph or common portrait . |
| 6 | Or would have appeared if you had not crossed it out . |
| 7 | He moved on up the street , or would have moved on if he had been able to . |
| 8 | The alleyways were scored with deep trenches down which the water ran when it rained ; or would have run had its passage not been blocked by heaps of refuse , dung and animal guts , behind which the water collected in stagnant pools , above which mosquitoes hung in a cloud . |
| 9 | At best we might get material from which a more or less dubious inference might be drawn as to what the promoters intended or would have intended if they had thought about the matter , and it would , I think , generally be dangerous to attach weight to what some other members of either House may have said . |
| 10 | The pattern of changes in structure , style , attitudes and behaviour that were eventually achieved would probably not have been possible , or would have taken significantly longer to achieve , in the absence of a critical mass of key individuals who were prepared to devote time and effort to heighten the confidence and enthusiasm of their ‘ converts ’ with their positive message . |
| 11 | The evidence of whether she would have taken up her place at Norwich in Autumn nineteen eighty seven or would have taken a year off and started in Autumn nineteen eight eight is equivocal . |
| 12 | It seems reasonable , however , to distinguish between two different types of thing which might or would have happened if the agent had not done an action . |
| 13 | First , there are things which might or would have happened as consequences of some other action which he might have done instead . |
| 14 | So much that was to come would have not happened on Liamuiga and Oualie , or would have happened later , perhaps not to him , and with a difference , if Dulé had followed another code . |
| 15 | As Vivian Salmon has shown , awkwardness in pronunciation , ‘ where the — st suffix of the Thou- form stood in close proximity to consonants whose assimilation was difficult , or would have resulted in syntactic ambiguity ’ , led to a preference for the You form or for one retaining Thou but adding an unstressed do , as in ‘ What didst thou lose ? ’ or ‘ It was ourself thou didst abuse ’ . |
| 16 | Had it been , Bingham says , ‘ it seems likely that all concerned would have embarked on a group restructuring programme with a much fuller investigation and understanding of the malpractice which had existed in the past and of the level of support required , or that the bank would have been closed or would have collapsed there and then ’ . |
| 17 | I found I had to get Dawn 's weight down much more than I 'd expected , or would have wished , just to persuade her to come for the food on my fist . |
| 18 | However it is not necessary to disclose a fact which the customer already knows , " or would have known … if he had thought about it " . |
| 19 | We believe that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the statute or other piece of legislation establishing that crime is so clear that he must have known his act was criminal , or would have known if he had made any serious attempt to discover whether it was . |
| 20 | The ICC definition of a ‘ fast , short-pitched ball ’ is one which ‘ passes , or would have passed , above the shoulder of the batsman standing upright at the crease ’ . |
| 21 | An American retaliatory strike would either have to be launched before the incoming missiles arrived — a policy that would put nuclear war on a hair trigger and increase the chance of a mistake — or would have to consist of submarine-launched missiles which are only accurate enough to cities . |
| 22 | I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year . |
| 23 | Depending on the particular system used , patients would only be permitted to seek treatment from ‘ approved ’ or ‘ contracted ’ suppliers or would have to get prior agreement from their home authority to seek treatment elsewhere . |
| 24 | That money could have electrified railways that would 've given industry a chance to get its goods into Europe . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's plenty of folk that would 've taken me . |
| 26 | The skies appeared to contain little that would have startled older astronomers , apart from a host of new observations by means of more powerful telescopes and measuring instruments ( both largely German developments ) and the use of the new technique of photography , as well as spectroscopic analysis , first applied to the light of the stars in 1861 , which was to turn out to be an enormously powerful tool of research . |
| 27 | It was a Saturday night and I had a fortnight of holiday ahead of me while the Airds were unexpectedly away , not to speak of the obligatory Sunday to get through , the one that would have fallen to me in any case . |
| 28 | It is a homage to the kind of spirit that would have felt at home in Philip Glass . |
| 29 | The President and most Republican legislators favoured a version that would have limited the extra benefits to no more than 20 weeks , and objected to the qualification changes . |
| 30 | The banks themselves are under stress , and so are the public institutions that would have to deal with any banking breakdown . |